 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1827 - 274 pages
...or short, of whole numbers. 2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places fpidecimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 3. If the places in the quotient fall short, supply the deficiency by prefixing cyphers. 4. When a... | |
 | William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. o 2. If there be not so many places of decimals in the quotient as the rule requires, supply the deficit... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Arithmetic - 1828 - 348 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right-band of the quotient point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - Nautical astronomy - 1828 - 776 pages
....0625 Multiply By . Product = . .75 .75 375 525 ^5625 DIVISION OF DECIMALS. DECIMAL FRACTIONS. tient as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor I—- But if there be not as many figures in the quotient as there are in that excess, the deficiency... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 250 pages
...those in the dividend ; and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals, as the. decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, prefix as many ciphers to the left... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 180 pages
...this RULE.* Divide as in whole numbers, and point off from the quotient as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor ; but if there are not so many places, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. NOTE. The quotient... | |
 | William Kinne - 1829 - 248 pages
...rules for pointing off in the quotient. 1. Point off for decimals in the quotient so many figures, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. 1f the figures in the quotient are not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1829 - 254 pages
...as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of th' quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 2. If the places in the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, Supply the defect by prefixing... | |
 | Seth Davis - Arithmetic - 1830 - 206 pages
...2. Multiply 17,6 by ,75. Product 13,2. DIVISION OF DECIMALS. Rule. 1. POINT off as many figures on the right hand of the 'quotient, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those of the divisor. 2. If the places of the quotient be not so many as the rule requires, supply the defect... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 188 pages
...than the dividend. RULE. 128. Write down the divisor and dividend, and divide ae in whole numhers. Point off as many places for decimals from the right...1.— If there are not so many figures in the quotient at the numher of decimal places required, supply the deficiency by prefixing ciphers. 2- — Should... | |
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RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor. 
